Harness-loop



(No Model.)

R. G. GOTTIER.

HARNESS LOOP.

No. 600,478.l Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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UNrrED STATES i PATENT Ormes.

ROBERT GEORGE COTTIER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,478, dated March 8,1898.

Application led July'Z, 1896. Serial No. 597,876. (No model.)

T0 cir/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GEORGE COT- TIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Harness-Loop, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to loops for use in different places on harness,and while it is more particularly designed for use on the saddlegirthfor attaching the slip girth to the inner girth, it is applicable toother parts of the harness; for instance, for a shaft tug or the bottomof a saddle.

In the present manner of making girths with leather loops for the slipband the loop is cut in the process of sewing and is liable to tear outand when it has broken loose it is very difficult to repair the girth.

An object of my invention is to provide a girth loop which will be freefrom this objection. Also to provide for less friction between the slipband and the girth. Also to reduce the expense. Also to give the harnessa neater appearance. A girth provided with my improvement can be machinesewed all the way round.

The accompanying drawings illustrate 'my invention.

Figure lis a perspective view of a girth provided with my invention, afragment of the slip band being shown in position. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of one form of my invention applied to a girth, a fragment ofwhich is shown in section. Fig. 3 is a view of another form of the loopwith two antifriction rollers. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of anotherform of my newly invented loop. Fig. 5 shows the loop without anyantifriction roller.

My newly invented harness loop consists of a base plate A (A), aprojecting loop B (B) composed of standards l) b' projecting fromopposite edges of one side of the base plate, and one or more cross barsb" (bm) connecting the standards ofthe loop, a space or spaces l, 2,being provided between the-bar or bars and the plate. The space l is forthe slip-band 4 or other strap. The cross bar or bars may or may not beprovided with antifriction rollers (C C respectively) and the lowercross bar 21 may be omitted if desired.

O11 the billet of a shaft tug and on the bottom of a saddle the lowerbar 11 would preferably be omitted, but on the girth it is preferred touse the two bars and also to provide the lower bar with an antifrictionroller to hold the sli p-band away from the layer of the girth.

a indicates rivet holes through which rivets D are inserted for thepurpose of riveting the plate of the loop to thelayer e of the band E orto the bottom of saddle or to the bottom of the shaft tug, as the casemay be. This fastens the harness loop in place and holds the layer inplace.

The purpose of the antifriction rollers on the cross bars for use withthe slip-band is to allow afreer movement of the slip band.

In practice,a transverse slot e' is cut through the layer at the placewhere the loop is desired and the projecting loop B is passed throughthe. same from inside outward and the plate is brought snug against theinside of the layer and rivets are inserted through the rivet holes ctand the layer and then fastened.

The base plate is made sufficiently narrow to allow room for sewing by amachine between its edges and the edges of the layer as at 3, Fig. l.The rivets and plate hold the middle of the layer from pulling to spreadthe slot e.

The base plate may be straight as indicated at A in Fig. 2, or it may becurved as indicated at A in Fig. 5. The straight form is preferable forthe girth, while the curved form is preferable for the shaft tug. Theplate preferably tapers in cross section toward the ends so as to give asnugger t to the curving layer of the girth.

The purpose of the cross bar 11/ with or without the antifriction rollerC' is to hold the slip-band away from the face of the layer and thisallows freer movement of the slipband and it also prevents any wearingor marring of the layer by the movement of the slip-band; and thefriction of the slip-band on the roller being less than it would be onthe layer it will not be marred as it would be if allowed to rub on thelayer. a indicates a projecting ridge between the bases of the standardsof the projecting loop. This ridge tits in the slot e made in the layer.It also strengthens the plate at the place where the IOO projecting loopis attached. It may be used holes near the ends of the plate andarranged or omitted as desired, but I prefer to use it. with the ridgein the said slot; and rivets ro Now, having described my invention, whatthrough the layer and the rivet holes.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patent, is* ROBERTGEORGE COTTIER.

The combination of the layer provided with Witnesses: a slot; the plateWith projecting loop and JAMES R. TOWNSEND, ridge on one side andprovided With rivet ALFRED I. TOWNSEND.

